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May 23, 1950 R. SCHNEIDER MILK STRAINER PAD DISPENSER- 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Opiginal Filed June 24. 1947 gvwwrvbo b Roland -,Sch-nea'der' May 23, 1950 R. SCHNEIDER I 23,233 v MILK STRAINER RAD DISPENSER Original Filed June 24, 1947 s Sheets-Sheet 2 R iafid Schneider y 1950 R. SCHNEIDER Re 23,233

MILK STRAINER PAD DISPENSER I Original Filed June 24. 1947 I I 'ESheefls-Sheet 3 I5 I v Elma/rum Poland Schneider Reissued May 23, 1950 MILK STRAINER PAD DISPENSER Roland Schneider, Deer Creek, Wis., assignor, by mesne assignments, to The Fulpit Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Original No. 2,428,530, dated October 7, 1947, Se-

rial No. 756,759, June 24, 1947. Application for reissue September 17, 1949, Serial No. 116,281

Claims. (Cl. 31251) This invention relates to the ofiicial class of dispensers and more particularly a milk strainer pad dispenser.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of a milk strainer pad dispenser in which a multiplicity or pack of pads are disposed for single delivery therefrom to promote sanitary handling of the same by help in dairies.

Another object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the milk strainer pad dispenser.

A further object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the pad selecting means of the dispenser.

A still further object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the locking means for the hinged bottom of the dispenser.

With these and other objects in view, this in vention resides in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of elements to be hereinafter more particularly set forth in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims and, although this disclosure depicts my present conception of the invention, the right is reserved to resort to such departures therefrom as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application;

Fig. 1 is a side view of the dispenser.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pad selector.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the pads.

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a slidable handle per se.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken through a portion of the door and selector.

In the present illustration of this invention the numeral 5 designates, in general, a milk strainer pad dispenser preferably consisting of a cylindrical receptacle 6 open at its lower end. and removably disposed in a cylindrical base 1 secured to a support by a suitable bracket 8 formed thereon. Said receptacle 6 is provided with an annular flange 9 adapted to surround and enclose the upper edge of the base 1 to prevent foreign matter from seeping or flowing into the base and thereby contaminating milk straining pads P within the lower end of the receptacle.

Formed in the bottom of the base is an en larged opening 9' of lesser diameter than the pads so as to provide an inturned flange ll) of sufficient area to support a multiplicity of pads in the receptacle and permit the lowermost one thereof to be readily withdrawn through said opening Without damage thereto.

Preferably secured as by a hinge II to that side of the flange Ill adjacent the bracket 8 is a disc-shaped door I2 provided with a slidable handle [3 herein shown as attached to the outer surface of the door by rivets I 4 passing through washers l5 and I5 and slots IE and IT in the handle with their inner ends welded or otherwise secured to the door just so the inner or milk pad contacting surface thereon is smooth. 7

Secured on the handle is a pad selector or pin [8 having one end bent, as indicated by the numeral l9, and extending through the slot IS in the handle and narrow slot IS in the door. Said selector or pin I8 is provided with a substantially semicircular loop 20 at its outer end and a sharpened point 2| at its inner end, the former of which is attached to the washer IE or other stationary portion of the door by a retractile coil sprin 22 to retain the handle with the selector thereon in outward position between locking jaws or latch 23 pivoted to the front of the base as indicated by the letter'W and retained in locking position by a retractile spring 24. Said latch locking jaws 23 have their opposed lower edges 25 bevelled to readily guide a reduced and downwardly curved outer portion 26 of the handle into an opening 21 communicating with the space between the jaws when closing the door.

With this dispenser hung on a support in a dairy or milking shed, the attendant simply removes the receptacle and empties a container or milk strainer pads therein without touching the same and, thereafter, places the filled receptacle on the base for successive removing of the lowermost pads therefrom by pressing the slidable handle inwardly to insert the point of the selector in the same, during which operation the reduced portion of the handle is released from the latch and the door is swung downwardly with a pad thereon for removing by the attendant or milker.

Through the instrumentality of the aforesaid dispenser, it is manifest that milk strainer pads are handled and retained in sanitary condition by means of such simple construction that positive operation thereof is assured.

Having thus described my invention, 'What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A dispenser for milk strainer pads comprising, a cylindrical base, an inturned flange on the bottom of the base and having an enlarged opening centrally disposed therein, a cylindrical milk strainer pad retaining receptacle having an open lower end resting on th inturned flange of the base, an annular flange on the receptacle overlying and enclosing the upper edge of the base, a door hingedly connected to the in u n d flange and normally closing the opening therein, a handle slidably disposed on the outer surface of the door and with a reduced portion thereof extending outwardly of the side of the base, a selector secured to the handle and having an inner sharpened end extending through registered slots in the handle and door, a retractile coil spring connected at one end to the selector and at its opposite end to a stationary portion of the door, jaws pivoted to the base and having fopposed bevelled lower edges forming a handle guide communicating with a handle retaining space therebetween, a retractile coil spring connecting the jaws and retaining them in handle locking position, and a bracket secured to the base for retaining it on a support.

2. A milk strain r pad dispenser mmi a a cylindrical base having an enlar d op nin in its bottom, a supportin bracket secured to the base, a cylindrical receptacle of greater ,di-

ameter than the opening in the 'base and having an open lower end resting on said base so as to dispose milk strainer pads therein over the opening in said, base, a door hingedly secured to the base over the opening therein, a milk strainer pad selector having a sharpened point extending inwardly through a slot in the door and beneath the lowermost milk strainer pad in the receptacle, means connected to the selector for forcing a cylindrical receptacle of greater diameter than the opening in the base and having an open low-- or and resting on said base so as to dispose milk strainer pads therein over the opening in said base, a. door hingedly secured to the base over the opening therein, a milk strainer pad selector having a sharpened point extending inwardly through a slot in the door and beneath the lowermost milk strainer pad in the receptacle, a door handle connected to the selector for forcing it into the lowermost pad in the receptacle, and means coacting with said handle for secur n said door in closed position over the opening in the base.

4. A milk strainer pad dispenser comprising, a cylindrical base having a large opening in its bottom, a supporting bracket secured to the base, a cylindrical receptacle of greater diameter than the opening in the base and having an open lower end restin on said base so as to dispose milk strainer pads therein over the opening in said base, a door hingedly secured to the base over the opening therein, a milk strainer pad selector hoping .a sharpened point extending inwardly through a slot in the door and beneath the lowermost milk strainer pad in the receptacle, a handle connected to the selector and being slidable upon said door to force the selector point into the lowermost pad in the receptacle, and a latch coacting with said handle to secure said door in closed position over the opening in the base.

5. A milk strainer pad dispenser comprising,

u cylindrical base having a large opening in its bottom, 0, supporting b acket secured to the base, a cylindrical receptacle of greater diameter than the opening in the base and having an open lower end resting on said base so as to dispose milk strainer pods therein over the opening in said base, a door hingedly secured to the base over the openin therein, d milk strainer pad selector having a sharpened point extending inwardly through a slot in the door and beneath the lowermost milk strainer pad in the receptacle, a handle slidable upon said door and coasting with said selector to force the selector point into the lowermost pad in the receptacle and to remove this pad through said openin when the door is swung open, and latch means coasting with said handle to secure said door in closed position over the opening in the base. ROLAND SCHNEIDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent or the original patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,889,785 Parker o Dec. 6, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 38,521 Sweden or 1 915 

